ST. LOUIS (AP) — Surging Midwestern rivers forced hundreds of evacuations, threatened dozens of levees and brought transportation by car, boat or train to a virtual standstill Thursday in the St. Louis area.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother of a fugitive Texas teen known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident is jailed in Los Angeles on Thursday after being deported from Mexico, police said.

HONOLULU (AP) — The state auditor has blamed a “lack of effective leadership” within the Hawaii Department of Human Services for preventing the department’s computer system from meeting the goals of the federal Affordable Care Act.

The Hakalau Bridge located mauka of Highway 19 on Kanna Road, between Chin Chuck Road and Kaiwiki-Homestead Road will be closed for repair work starting on Monday at 7 a.m. and will remain closed for the duration of the project.

WASHINGTON — E.B. White reportedly said “the most beautiful sound in America” is “the tinkle of ice at twilight.” In 2015’s twilight, fortify yourself with something 90 proof as you remember this year in which:

The Parker School speech and debate team earned another trophy at the Non-Qualifying Speech and Debate Tournament held Dec. 19 at McKinley High School in Honolulu for the largest number of ballots. This is the team’s fourth trophy this year.

The Hawaii State Department of Health wants to remind the public that effective Friday, buyers of tobacco products and electronic smoking devices in Hawaii must be at least 21 years old statewide. Hawaii County passed a law limiting sales to